HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Conor Sheary

Buffalo Sabres · LW · #43
Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?18 points in 62 games in a supporting role
HT
5'8"
WT
180 lb
Age
34
Shoots
L
From
Winchester, USA
62Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
3535pctl
Playmaking?
4444pctl
Transition?
4343pctl
Defense?
7676pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2932pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1127pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1834pctl
Shots / GP?
1.341pctl
Plus/Minus?
+163pctl
PP Points?
241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
5.5%60pctl
ZEIS?
1.7550pctl
PSPL?
0.1355pctl
Def Suppression?
0.6775pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
5.626pctl
Hits / 60?
1.516pctl
Take : Give?
0.4378pctl
Blocks / 60?
2.4777pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:5436pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:3463pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.4 min46pctl
Support received?
17.6 min39pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 784 EV min

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.78M

cap hit

$2.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Conor Sheary62$0.78MB+$1.7Mthis player
Anthony Duclair65$3.50MC$0.3M89%
Joel Armia64$2.50MC+$0.4M85%
Alex Iafallo66$3.67MC$0.2M84%
Tye Kartye60$1.25MB+$0.8M82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Tye Kartye · 5 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 3 G · 2 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs NJD

1P

1G 0A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH

1P

1G 0A

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)167 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 46 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2015-16Pittsburgh Penguins447310-1
2016-17Pittsburgh Penguins6123305324
2017-18Pittsburgh Penguins791812302
2018-19Buffalo Sabres78142034-18
2019-20Buffalo Sabres5591019-4
2019-20Pittsburgh Penguins8134-1
2020-21Washington Capitals5314822-1
2021-22Washington Capitals71192443-2
2022-23Washington Capitals821522379
2023-24Tampa Bay Lightning5741115-3
2024-25Tampa Bay Lightning5000-2
2025-26New York Rangers62711181
Career5 teams6551311542854